When examined in the context of traditional television broadcasting, it is seen that television series are among the most watched program types in Turkey. When evaluated within the framework of the media-child relationship, the problematic existence of television series draws attention. Especially in drama series, child characters, who are constantly brought before the audience with certain qualities, continue to be used as a source of agitation. The child subject, in the role of the main and side characters, is positioned in difficult life stories. At the same time, the identity of the child, which is constantly constructed in the same way with certain characteristics such as an adult individual in drama series, is fictionalized in the focus of 'pain'. The existence of this fiction is remarkable in private television channels that broadcast on the axis of profit-oriented policies. The main purpose of this study, is to reveal the problematic nature of in which the way take place as 'individuals' of child characters who are made emotionally exploited in television drama series. In this context, the study focuses on domestic drama series and questions the way in which child characters are featured in the most followed television channels. The most watched television channels in 2019, Atv, Fox Tv, Kanal D, Show Tv, Star Tv and TRT 1 were selected as samples. Drama series with child characters, which are broadcasted weekly on these channels, were analyzed. The first three episodes of 156 drama series broadcast on these channels in the post-1990 period were analyzed through qualitative content analysis, 365 child characters who take part in the main and side characters have been identified. As a result of the examination, it was found that the perception of a 'problematic child individual' was created in drama series and the child characters were used emotionally and turned into an object presented to the market.